Byron, MI is a small town located in Shiawassee County with an estimated population of 3,000. The local politics in Byron are run by the elected officials from the Byron Village Council and the Byron Township Board of Trustees. The Village Council is composed of seven members elected at-large for four-year terms. The current mayor is Bruce Strock who was appointed in 2019 and has served since then. The township board consists of five members elected for four-year terms. The current chairperson is Larry Busch who has been serving since 2016. Both boards meet monthly to discuss local issues and make decisions on how to best serve the town of Byron. In addition to these two governing boards, community members also vote during state and national elections to have their voices heard in the political process.
The political climate in Zip 48418 (Byron, MI) is strongly conservative.
Shiawassee County, MI is moderately conservative. In Shiawassee County, MI 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shiawassee county remained very strongly Republican, 58.9% to 39.0%.
Shiawassee county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48418 (Byron, MI) is strongly conservative.
Byron, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Shiawassee County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
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Michigan is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Byron, Michigan: r r d d R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 48418 (Byron)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $1,588 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $7,630 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)